Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Glass

by David Battie and Simon Cottle

Book Overview

This pictorial history of glassware from pre-Roman times to the present day, written by experts and including essays on specialized fields such as Islamic, Venetian and Chinese glass, Tiffany, and Art... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850296545
• ISBN13: 9781850296546
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Conrad Octopus
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Learn the ins and outs of glass

This book is exactly want the title implies. This is a concise encyclopedia of glass. Well laid out in 10 sections with an intriguing forward and an informative introduction. There is a select bibliography a section on care and conservation among other interesting finds. Color plates abound with concise descriptions. If you only obtain one book on the diversity of glass, this should be the one. Contents: Pre-Roman glass Roman Glass Islamic Glass Medieval Glass The renaissance Period The Eighteenth Century Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau Twentieth-Century Developments Fakes and Forgeries